Max Chen's MMA and Push Hands Videos
Highlights of matches that combine kickboxing and takedowns
From: Essential Sports and Fitness Video (Tai Chi) Channel
Maximillion Chen is one of the top Mixed Martial Arts competitors in the country, representing
the USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
He teaches Tai Chi and San Shou at the Tai Chi Chuan school of his father, Grandmaster William C. C. Chen.
Sudden K. O. ends this fight (2007-09-08)
Max Chen (in red) wins his spot in the 9th World Wushu Championships in Beijing by
spectacular knockout at the U.S. Sanshou Team Trials in Lubbock, Texas.
While short and one-sided, this fight is a good showcase for Max's smooth, mix-it-up style.
From: Max Chen (00:01:41)
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Full-contact sanshou fight with some impressive takedowns (2001-03-04)
Max (in red) moved up a weight class to take on this middleweight opponent, Scott McClain (in black)
at the 26th Annual Battle of Columbus in Ohio (at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival).
Max's convincing win includes a spectacular flying scissor kick takedown around the neck.
From: Max Chen (00:06:12)
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Match 1 of Chung Hwa Tai Chi Chuan competition
Max Chen (yellow shirt) in his first match at the 2004 7th Chung Hwa Cup International Push-Hands
Championship in Taipei Taiwan. Max easily wins this fixed-step push hands bout. (Under fixed-step rules, the
first competitor to move his feet loses.)
From: Max Chen and Frank Pfeiffer (00:08:12)
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Match 2 of Chung Hwa Tai Chi Chuan competition
Clip from Max Chen's (yellow shirt) second bout at the 2004 International Push Hands Championship. This
moving-step bout shows a close match with a strong opponent. (In moving-step competition, the object is either to
push the opponent out of "ring" or take the opponent down to the ground.)
From: Max Chen and Frank Pfeiffer (00:02:00)
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Max and Josh Waitzkin work on throws with Jan C. and Jan L. (2004-11)
Josh explains and demonstrates how to throw or takedown a push hands opponent.
He and Max work with Jan C. Childress and Jan Lucanus to practice close-in maneuvering and effective throws,
making for a good lesson.
From: Josh Waitzkin (00:03:02)
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The relationship between Tai Chi, relaxation, mechanics, and fighting
Grandmaster William C. C. Chen, a senior disciple of Cheng Man Ching, explains and shows how the principles of Tai Chi
Chuan apply to fighting.
His son, Max, and daughter, Tiffany, both of whom are champion martial artists themselves, help Master Chen demonstrate boxing, kicking,
and push hands.
From: Pacific Street Films (DVD) (00:02:24)
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